The king of Chu refused.

Zhao was stunned.

No, according to the news I got in the Yue Kingdom, the king should have the intention to cut down Yue, why should the king refuse such a good opportunity now?

Cautiously glancing at the King of Chu, Zhao Hua asked, "King, dare to ask why?" ”

Xiong Huai sighed: "Although the Yue country is in chaos, but my Chu country is also weak after the last big battle, and it is too risky to use a group of exhausted people to attack another group of people who may be brothers on the wall but resist them outside, and it is not advisable to cut down Yue at this time." ”

What Xiong Huai didn't say was that attacking Yue at this time was not only a question of whether he could attack it, but more importantly, his appetite was even greater than that of Zhao, not only did he want the homeland of Wu, but he also wanted the homeland of Yue himself.

It is impossible to leave a Yue country in the rear, in case the king of Yue comes to lie down again and recuperate for a period of time, and then there is no need to be bribed and lured by other countries, then the relationship between Chu and Yue will be endless, and the trouble of Yue Guo is still not solved.

If you want to fight Yue Guo, then kill Yue Guo in one go and kill him directly.

If you can't beat it now, then it's better to bear with it.

Zhao Hua's brows furrowed slightly, and he admonished: "Great King, this is the best time to cut down Yue, once the Yue Kingdom completely controls the Huaibei Land obtained from the Qi State this time, then the strengthened Yue Kingdom will be even more difficult to attack." The opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, please think twice. ”

Seeing Zhaohua admonishing again, Xiong Huai raised his hand and interrupted: "Xianqing's meaning, the widow already knows, about the matter of Yue Guo, the widow has decided to hold a court meeting tomorrow and invite all the ministers to discuss it together." ”

After Zhao slipped away, Xiong Huai looked at the far east, and the curtain will be officially opened tomorrow.

Zhao slip, who came out of the Chu Palace, was in Zhaoyu's mansion, with mixed feelings.

The world is unpredictable, and it is only a year since he left Yingdu, so he never thought that there would be such a big change in the Chu State.

Ling Yin Zhaoyang died of illness, and Gong Yin Zhaoju was promoted to Sima, and it was almost confirmed that he was the next Ling Yin, and he distanced himself from Zhaoju in a short period of time, and he was unable to compete with him in court politics.

Thinking about it, I saw Zhaoyu walk in.

Zhao slid and saluted: "I have seen Sikong." ”

"No courtesy." Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Slip's face and sighed: "You are finally back." ”

For Zhao Slip's encounter, Zhao Yu was also helpless, although Zhao Slip successfully completed the mission in Vietnam, but because he was far away from Yingdu, he almost didn't get anything in this battle.

Zhao Slip knew what Zhao Yu meant, and he could only let out a long sigh when he heard the words.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu smiled and asked, "What is the gain of going to Yue Country here?" ”

As soon as Zhao Slip heard Zhao Yu mention Yue Guo, he immediately perked up and said: "Go back to Sikong, slide to go to Yue Guo, only to see the chaos in Yue Guo, now the main force of Yue Guo is in Huaibei, the country is empty, now is a good time to cut Yue..."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was noncommittal and asked, "I don't know what the king means, but now I can deliberately cut it down." ”

"Although the king has decided to hold a court meeting tomorrow, according to his opinion, the king has no intention of cutting down now, because the Chu State is now tired and it is difficult to fight." Saying that, Zhao Hua looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "Sikong, is our Chu State really so tired now?" ”

Zhaoyu nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "It's true that I'm tired, but I'm not so tired that I don't even have the strength to sneak attack Yue Kingdom." Last year, in the great war that affected all countries in the world, our Chu State dispatched more than 600,000 troops and mobilized a million people, and the consumption of money and food was huge, and the Taifu was almost empty, so that the king borrowed money from the nobles and magnates not long ago. And the damage of the soldiers was also not light, especially the 100,000 elite soldiers under Qu Kuo, and the 50,000 troops of the feudal lords and nobles, which were considered to be completely annihilated. ”

"But Tang Yu's department and Jingcui's department didn't hurt their muscles and bones, so if the king really made up his mind to sneak attack the Yue Kingdom, my Chu State still has this strength."

What Zhao Yu didn't say was that with the continuous purchase of wheat and rice in China and other countries during this period of time, now Chu has no fear of food shortage, and it can completely support a big war.

It's just that this matter is about the grain purchase plan of the Chu State, and naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better.

"Although I don't know what the king is thinking now, why he didn't agree to attack the Yue country, but the matter of my Chu country's invasion of Yue is imperative, since the king will hold a court meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter of Yue Guo, then tomorrow's court meeting will naturally have a result."

Zhao Slip noticed Zhao Yu's remarks about the imperative of cutting Yue, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Yu curiously.

Zhao Yu didn't explain anything, but took out a box from his body and handed it to Zhao Slip and said, "Open it and take a look, Zhao Yang's hard work in the past few years is all in this." ”

Zhao Slip was a little unclear, so since Zhao Yu said that this was Ling Yin Zhaoyang's hard work, he carefully opened the box.

When the box was opened, it was found that there was a silk book and a token hidden inside, and nothing else.

When I opened the silk book, there were only a few names recorded on it, and I had never heard of any of these names.

Zhao Slip looked at Zhao Yu curiously.

Zhao Yu explained: "Since the annexation of Wu by the Yue State, the Yue State has been on the verge of Qi and Chu, for more than a hundred years, the Yue State has either invaded our Chu State or attacked the Qi State, twenty years ago Zhaoyang went out with the former king to defeat the Yue State, and seized a large area of land in the Huaishui Valley of the Yue State, and the Yue State stopped for a while. ”

"But after the Yue State recovered ten years ago, the Zhao State bribed the Yue State with heavy gifts, and the Yue State began to frequently invade our Chu State again, and recaptured part of the territory. For this reason, seven years ago, Zhaoyang and the king decided to solve the threat of Yue to Chu, so they began to expand Guangling City, Guangling City is not only an important town for Chu to defend Qi and Vietnam, but also an important town for the invasion of Yue, a few years ago the important minister Tang Wu personally went to Guangling to sit in the town. ”

"The token in your hand can order a caravan, which is the caravan formed by Zhaoyang, which specializes in doing business in the territory of Vietnam, and those names are the interstitial areas of Viet Nam that Zhaoyang bought with heavy money, although these interstitial areas are not high-level in the Viet Nam country, but it is still possible to pass on some news of the Viet Nam country."

Zhao Hua hesitated: "Sikong, since the king has already started the layout a few years ago, why would he give up this hard-won opportunity. ”

Zhaoyu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I can only wait tomorrow to see what the king means." ”

Zhao Slip sighed when he heard this, put the token and silk book into the box, and then presented the wooden box with both hands and handed it back to Zhao Yu.

But Zhao Yu didn't take the wooden box, but said: "You can keep this thing, I'm also old, and it's useless to ask for these things." ”

Zhao Hua hurriedly said: "Sikong is old and strong, and now he has been entrusted with a heavy task by the king, why bother to talk about the old." ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "When people are old, they have to serve the old, if I die at the age of Zhaoyang, I guess the grave trees now have thick bowls, Chu and Zhao have to rely on you next, I can't do it anymore!" It's overwhelming! ”